variegated

[ vair-ee-i-gey-tid, vair-i-gey- ]

adjective

1. varied in appearance or color; marked with patches or spots of different colors.
2. varied; diversified; diverse.

variegated

/ ˈvɛərɪˌɡeɪtɪd /

adjective

1. displaying differently coloured spots, patches, streaks, etc
2. (of foliage or flowers) having pale patches, usually as a result of mutation, infection, etc

Other Words From

• un·vari·e·gated adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of variegated¹

First recorded in 1655–65; variegate + -ed ²

Example Sentences

The essay “The Ballad of Sexual Optimism” interrogates similarly thorny issues, from consent and coercion to the variegated sweep of sexual preferences.

From Washington Post

These variegated formats point to a further awakening by playwrights and directors to the notion that the toolboxes of performance have to be broken open, their contents spilled everywhere.

From Washington Post

Muslim Americans are valuable, if largely unrecognized, assets to a variegated American fabric.

From The Daily Beast

The Variegated Horsetail is not exclusively maritime, however, for it sometimes grows by the sides of rivers and ponds.

From Project Gutenberg

Their colour is generally of a cinereous hue, but a few were noticed that were variegated black and white.

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The uropygium also, which in the European bird is entirely white, is in our specimen partially variegated with black.

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They present a remarkable appearance; the leaves are fatty and shining, the flowers large and variegated.

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He was the first who painted woman with brilliant drapery and variegated head-dresses.

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